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1990–91 Dundee United F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Dundee United
season	1990–91
manager	Jim McLean
chairman	Jim McLean
stadium	Tannadice Park
league	Scottish Premier Division
league result	4th
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cup1	Tennent's Scottish Cup	cup1 result = Runners-up
cup2	Skol Cup	cup2 result = Semi-finals
league topscorer	Darren Jackson (12)
season topscorer	Darren Jackson (18)
highest attendance
lowest attendance
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prevseason	1989–90
nextseason	1991–92

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The 1990–91 season was the 82nd year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1990 to 30 June 1991. United finished in fourth place and missed out on European football for the first time in fifteen years.

Match results

Dundee United played a total of 50 competitive matches during the 1990–91 season. The team finished fourth in the Scottish Premier Division.

In the cup competitions, United lost in the final of the Tennent's Scottish Cup to Motherwell and lost in the Skol Cup semi-finals to eventual runners-up Celtic.

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

All results are written with Dundee United's score first.

Premier Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
25 August 1990	St Johnstone	A	3–1	7,784	Jackson (2), Dailly
1 September 1990	Motherwell	H	1–0	7,636	Cleland
8 September 1990	St Mirren	H	1–0	6,968	Jackson
15 September 1990	Aberdeen	A	1–1	17,400	McKinnon
22 September 1990	Rangers	H	2–1	16,270	McKinlay, Butcher (o.g.)
29 September 1990	Hearts	A	0–1	12,052
10 October 1990	Dunfermline	H	3–0	9,025	Bowman, Steinmann, French
13 October 1990	Hibernian	H	1–0	10,289	Miller (o.g.)
20 October 1990	Celtic	A	0–0	34,363
27 October 1990	St Johnstone	H	1–2	11,353	Jackson
3 November 1990	Motherwell	A	2–0	8,117	Jackson, Dailly
10 November 1990	Rangers	A	2–1	36,995	Jackson (2)
17 November 1990	Hearts	H	1–1	10,821	Jackson
24 November 1990	Aberdeen	H	2–3	12,344	McKimmie (o.g.), Malpas
1 December 1990	St Mirren	A	1–1	4,581	Jackson
8 December 1990	Celtic	H	3–1	14,895	Dailly, Jackson, Paatelainen
15 December 1990	Hibernian	A	0–0	6,000
22 December 1990	Dunfermline	A	0–1	8,018
29 December 1990	Rangers	H	1–2	178,853	Jackson
2 January 1991	Aberdeen	A	1–0	17,400	Dailly
5 January 1991	St Mirren	H	3–2	11,353	Clark, Dailly, Cleland
19 January 1991	Motherwell	H	3–0	6,482	McKinlay, Connolly (2)
2 February 1991	Celtic	A	0–1	26,172
9 February 1991	Hibernian	H	0–0	6,114
16 February 1991	Hearts	A	1–2	7,216	Clark
19 February 1991	St Johnstone	A	1–0	6,910	French
2 March 1991	Dunfermline	H	1–0	6,379	Ferguson
9 March 1991	St Mirren	A	1–0	3,960	Jackson
23 March 1991	Aberdeen	H	1–2	10,643	McInally
30 March 1991	St Johnstone	H	0–0	7,794	Jackson
13 April 1991	Celtic	H	2–1	12,603	Van der Hoorn, McKinnon
16 April 1991	Motherwell	A	0–1	3,531
20 April 1991	Hibernian	A	0–1	4,000
24 April 1991	Rangers	A	0–1	32,397
4 May 1991	Hearts	H	2–1	6,820	French (2)
11 May 1991	Dunfermline	A	0–1	4,894

United were leading Dunfermline 2–1 on 6 October when the match was abandoned due to heavy rain. The match was replayed four days later.

Tennent's Scottish Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
26 January 1990	East Fife	A	1–1	4,947	Connolly
29 January 1990	East Fife	H	2–1	7,190	Clark, Ferguson
23 February 1990	Airdrieonians	H	2–0	8,648	French (2)
13 March 1990	Dundee [[File:TV-icon-2.svg	18px]]	H	3–1	16,228	McKinnon, Jackson, Ferguson
6 April 1991	St Johnstone	N	2-1	16,560	Clark, Ferguson
18 May 1991	Motherwell	N	3–4	57,319	Bowman, J O'Neil, Jackson

Skol Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
21 August 1990	Alloa	A	3–0	1,835	Welsh, Dailly, Jackson
28 August 1990	Partick Thistle	A	3–1	4,000	Van der Hoorn, Dailly, Jackson
4 September 1990	Motherwell	H	2–0	8,475	Jackson, McInally
25 September 1990	Celtic	N	0–2	49,975

UEFA Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
18 September 1990	ISL FH	A	3–1	263	Jackson, Cleland (2)
3 October 1990	ISL FH	H	2–2	5,475	Connolly, Hjalmarson (o.g.)
24 October 1990	NED Vitesse Arnhem	A	0–1	8,331
7 November 1990	NED Vitesse Arnhem	H	0–4	10,726

Player details

During the 1990–91 season, United used 25 different players comprising five nationalities. Maurice Malpas was the only player to play in every match. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player. |}

Goalscorers

United had 17 players score with the team scoring 67 goals in total. The top goalscorer was Darren Jackson, who finished the season with 18 goals.

Name	League	Cups	Total
	12	6	18
	5	2	7
	4	2	6
**	3	2	5
	2	2	4
	2	2	4
	2	2	4
	1	3	4
	2	1	3
	2	0	2
	1	1	2
	1	1	2
	1	1	2
	1	0	1
	1	0	1
	1	0	1
	0	1	1
	0	1	1

Discipline

During the 1990–91 season, two United players were sent off. Statistics for cautions are unavailable.

Name	Dismissals
	1
	1

Team statistics

League table

Transfers

In

The club signed five players during the season with a total public cost of nearly £400,000. In addition, one player played whilst on trial but left shortly afterwards.

Date	Player	From	Fee (£)
October 1990	NED	Utrecht	url=http://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/index.asp?pg=285	title=Dundee United A-Z (H): Holland	publisher=Soccerbase	accessdate=15 January 2008	url-status=dead	archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025041629/http://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/index.asp?pg=285	archivedate=25 October 2007 }}

Out

Two players were sold by the club during the season.

Date	Player	To	Fee
23 August 1990	BAR	Maritimo	url=http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Player%20a-z/Hinds%20P.htm	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080120091805/http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Player%20a-z/Hinds%20P.htm	url-status=dead	archive-date=20 January 2008	title=Player A to Z: Peter Hinds	publisher=Glenrothes Arabs	accessdate=4 February 2008 }}
May 1991	NED	Utrecht	Released

Playing kit

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colours	{{Football kit	pattern_la = _blackcuffpiping	pattern_b = _blackwhiteshoulders	pattern_ra = _blackcuffpiping	leftarm = FFFFFF	body = FFFFFF	rightarm = FFFFFF	shorts = FFFFFF	socks = FFFFFF	title = Away
colours

The jerseys were sponsored by Belhaven for the fourth season.

References

"Dundee Utd 1990/1991 results and fixtures". Soccerbase.
"1990–91". Glenrothes Arabs.
"1990–91". Glenrothes Arabs.
"1990/92". Glenrothes Arabs.
"Dundee United A-Z (H): Holland". Soccerbase.
"Player A to Z: Peter Hinds". Glenrothes Arabs.

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